AI Chipmaker Cerebras Targets $3.5 Billion IPO at Up to $26.6 Billion Valuation
Cerebras sets share price range of $115-$125, plans Nasdaq listing amid AI computing boom
L'essentiel
- Cerebras Systems Inc. filed for an IPO on Nasdaq seeking to raise up to $3.5 billion by selling 28 million shares at $115-$125 each, potentially valuing the AI chipmaker at $26.6 billion.
- The company reported 76% year-over-year revenue growth to $510 million in Q4 with $87.9 million net income, and has a $20 billion+ deal to supply OpenAI through 2028.
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Pourquoi c'est important
Few technology companies have gone public since 2022 rate hikes made investors wary of unprofitable names, but the generative AI boom has revived appetite for AI infrastructure companies. Cerebras competes with Nvidia in AI chips and operates cloud services using its own hardware.
Artificial intelligence chipmaker Cerebras aims to raise as much as $3.5 billion by going public on the Nasdaq. The company is looking to sell 28 million shares, for $115 to $125 each, according to an updated prospectus it filed on Monday. At that range, Cerebras could be worth up to $26.6 billion in the initial public offering, based on shares outstanding. In February, the company announced a venture round that gave it a $23 billion valuation, with Advanced Micro Devices among its investors. Relatively few technology companies have gone public since central banks raised interest rates in 2022 to fight rising prices, making investors less interested in unprofitable names. But with the ascent of generative AI products such as OpenAI's ChatGPT, investors have become rabid about betting on companies that benefit from the trend. Money-losing Cerebras competitor CoreWeave, which rents out Nvidia graphics processing units as a cloud service, raised $1.5 billion in an IPO last year. Cerebras' chips are an alternative to Nvidia's popular GPUs. Cerebras sought to go public in 2024 but later withdrew the paperwork, as its business model was shifting away from selling hardware and toward operating a cloud service based on its own chips. In April, Cerebras filed for an IPO for a second time. In January, Cerebras said it would provide up to 750 megawatts of AI computing power to OpenAI through 2028 in a transaction worth over $20 billion. The company's fourth-quarter revenue grew about 76% year over year to $510 million, and it showed $87.9 million in net income for the period. Andrew Feldman, Cerebras' co-founder and CEO, is not selling shares in the IPO. He will own 10.3 million shares after the IPO that would be worth up to $1.28 billion at the high end of the range, according to the filing. The company has an option to sell an additional 4.2 million shares to underwriters after the IPO that would yield another $525 million in proceeds at the high end of the range.
À surveiller
Perspective IA — des possibilités, pas des certitudes
Cerebras IPO will price at high end of range ($125) given strong Q4 results and OpenAI deal
Probable · En quelques jours
Cerebras will pursue acquisitions post-IPO to expand cloud service capabilities
Possible · En quelques mois
Competitor Nvidia may announce competitive response or pricing changes
Possible · En quelques mois
Questions ouvertes
- What will be the final IPO pricing within the range
- How much will Andrew Feldman sell if any
- Whether additional investors will be announced
